Milk-safe.



C. KAISER.

MILK SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5.1912.

1,141,551 Patented June 1, 1915.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL KAISER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MINN A FROESE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MILK-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL KAISER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Milk-Safe, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a milk safe into which a bottle may be readily inserted and from which it cannot be removed except by the person authorized to do so.

A further object is to provide a milk safe in which the bottle cannot be removed through the bottle receiving opening but must be removed through the bottle delivery opening, which bottle delivery opening may be closed and locked by any suitable means, such as a door on the safe itself, or the housedoor approximate to which the safe may be attached.

A still further object is to provide a device of the above character which will be very strong and yet inexpensive to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in top plan a safe arranged for receiving three bottles, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, a portion of the door being broken away to more clearly illustrate the parts back of the same, Fig. 3 is a section taken in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a detail view partly in side elevation and partly in section showing a milk safe, adapted for one bottle, applied to a door jamb so that the house-door itself serves as a door for the delivery opening of the safe, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken in the plane of the line BB of Fig. 4.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the milk safe comprises a casing having three bottle receiving openings 1, 2 and 3, through its top 4. The front of the casing is provided with a door 5 arranged to open and close the bottle delivery opening for all three bottles.

One bottle 6 is shown inserted into position in the casing. The upper part of the interior of the casing is divided into three compartments 7 8 and 9, by partitions 10, 11, and the end walls 12, 13. When the bottles are inserted into the casing, their necks project upwardly into these compartments 7, 8 and 9.

Means are provided within the casing for back wall 16 of the casing andit is held normally in a horizontal position against stops 17 by a spring 18. These shelves are so shaped that when the bottles are inserted through the bottle receiving openings the bodies of the bottles will depress the shelves thus permitting the bottles to drop down into position on the bottom 19 of the casing.

The reduction in diameter of the bottles at the neck portions thereof will permit the depressed shelves to fly back into their normal horizontal position thus preventing the bottles from being removed through their receiving openings. The bottles can then only be removed by opening the door 5, which door may be provided with any suitable lock, not shown herein, the key of which is held by the person authorized to remove the bottles from the safe.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a form of safe suitable for the reception of a single bottle and in this connection I have also shown one side of the casing which forms the delivery opening as being closed by the usual door 20 of the house.

It will be seen from the above description that means are provided for preventing the removal of the bottles by unauthorized persons, the safes at the same time being very simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

It is evident that changes might be resorted to in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth, but

What I claim is 1. A milk safe having a bottle receiving opening in the top, a bottle delivery opening at right angles thereto and a spring actuated shelf hinged to the wall opposite the delivery opening for automatically preventing the removal of the bottle through the receiving opening.

2. A milk safe having a plurality of bottle receiving openings in the top, a bottle delivery opening at right angles thereto and a spring actuated shelf for each receiving opening hinged to the wall opposite the delivery opening for automatically preventing theremoval of the bottle through its receiving opening.

3. A milk safe having a bottle receiving opening in the top, a bottle delivery openin at right angles thereto, a spring actuated shelf hinged to the wallopposite the delivery opening, and a stop'loca'ted between the shelf and the top for limiting the upward movement of the shelf and preventing the removal of the bottle through the receivlng opening. v

4. A milk safe having a plurality of bottle receiving openings in the top, a bottle delivery opening at right angles thereto, a spring actuated shelf for each receiving opening, hinged to the wall opposite the delivery opening, and stops located between each shelf and the top for limiting the upward movement of the shelf and preventing the removal of the bottle through its receiving opening.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in resence of two witnesses, this 3rd day of eptem'ber 1912.

CARL KAISER. Witnesses:

HENRY C. THIEME, O'r'ro W. HOLMGREN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

